Comparison

State vs Calorie Tape

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

State

This app offers guided breathing exercises designed to help you manage stress, improve focus, and enhance overall well-being. It personalizes exercises based on your needs and adapts over time, utilizing neuroscientific principles for effective self-regulation.

Highlights
  • Customizable breathing exercises
  • Visual and auditory guidance
  • Adaptive algorithm
  • Progress tracking
  • Neuroscience-based methods
  • State-shifting exercises
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Accomplish More. Stress Less. Intuitive breathing exercises to shift your state in record time. State creates custom exercises based on your stress response and continues to evolve dynamically with use. When you change your breath, you can alter not just your state of mind, but your physical and emotional health as well. FEATURES Six exercises designed to create specific, desired physiological states: Feel calm, Feel alert, Be present, Wake up, Recover quickly, Fall asleep. - Breathing exercises supported by visuals and sound to let you focus/defocus efficiently - “Fingerprinting” that primes the exercises to your physical and emotional needs from the first time you use the app - The State algorithm keeps adapting and evolving the exercises the more you use the app - Track progress with key metrics - Helpful reminders to keep you in the state you want - Method based on the latest neuroscientific findings - Created by world-renowned strength and conditioning coach Brian Mackenzie SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING State offers a subscription with a two weeks free trial. After the two weeks free trial this subscription automatically renews for $3.99 monthly or $34.99 yearly unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Payment will be charged at subscription automatic renewal. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Read more about our terms and conditions and privacy policy here: https://shiftstate.io/terms

About

Calorie Tape

Features
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Search a million foods offline. See their nutrients. Track your weight. Share with friends. Private by default. No account required. • Scan a barcode to find a packaged food • Take a photo of a Nutrition Facts label to add a food • Search fixes small typos, like "brocoli" for broccoli • Search your log to see every day you ate a food • Import your log from Cronometer or Lose It! • Save a meal, then add all its foods at once • Add meals of your own, like "Pre-workout", beside Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner • Add yesterday's foods to today in one step • See up to 65 nutrients for each food and for your day • Tap a nutrient to see which foods it came from • When a food doesn't report a nutrient, you see “—” instead of 0 • See your daily average of every nutrient over the last 7 days • Set daily targets for calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber • Log your weight and see its trend on a chart • Get a suggested calorie target from your weight, height, age and activity • Log symptoms, stools and notes in How You Feel • Export chosen days as text or a spreadsheet • Save your food and weigh-ins to Apple Health WHERE YOUR DATA GOES • Your log and settings stay on your iPhone and sync only through your private iCloud. We never receive them • What Calorie Tape reads from Apple Health stays on your iPhone • Shared Foods and Label Reading use the internet, and each asks first • Shared Foods sends a barcode that isn't on your iPhone to our servers • Label Reading sends your package photos to our servers to read the label. When you save that food, we keep its photos for review and may share its values with other people Every feature is free today. Calorie Tape isn't medical advice. Found a wrong value or a missing food? Email support@calorietape.com. Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central, and Open Food Facts contributors under the Open Database License (ODbL). Terms of Use: https://calorietape.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://calorietape.com/privacy/

Screenshots

State4 screens
Calorie Tape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calorie Tape at none against State's 2. Calorie Tape also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 months). State's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 27.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. State sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Calorie Tape asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

State ships an update every 8 months, Calorie Tape every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
State versus Calorie Tape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStateCalorie Tape
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (130 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings130 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB319 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMy StateChill Creatures

Bugs and requests

State

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Audio/metronome randomly stops or becomes out of sync with visuals
  • Sound doesn't work without app restart
  • Subscription payment processed but app doesn't recognize access
  • Difficulty adjustment buttons (easier/harder) don't change exercise timing
  • Algorithm doesn't properly adjust exercises based on max exhale test
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  • Free trial not accessible after skipping initial onboarding
  • Date of birth picker won't accept current date or future dates
  • Tips screen text doesn't fit on smaller devices (iPhone SE)
  • Day counter stops tracking at 397 days
  • Password reset emails not received
  • Subscription features not unlocking despite payment confirmation
  • App freezes on payment confirmation screen
  • Sound countdown rhythm changed and now confusing to users
  • Transition sounds between breathing phases unclear

Requested features

10 requests
  • Customizable exercise duration (10-20 minute sessions)
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • HealthKit/Health app integration for mindful minutes tracking
  • Landscape mode support for iPad
  • Custom breathing pattern creation
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  • Haptic feedback option for silent use
  • Sound effect options/preferences
  • In-app feature request submission tool
  • Apple Health data export
  • Longer meditation sessions for advanced users

Calorie Tape

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

State

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Protocols (Monthly)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Protocols (Annual)14 Days trial$34.991 Year
None

Calorie Tape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is State free?
State is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calorie Tape free?
Calorie Tape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do State or Calorie Tape have ads?
Neither State nor Calorie Tape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, State or Calorie Tape?
State ships an update every 8 months, and Calorie Tape every 3 days. Most recently, State was updated on November 2, 2026 and Calorie Tape on November 10, 2026.

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